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On the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]
Histoire de Paris
Maison de Marie Dorval Sur cet emplacement sélevait une maison où Marie Dorval habita à partir de 1833. Marie Dorval tenait salon précédemment rue Meslay. Elle était mariée à un journaliste, Monsieur Merle, et avait deux filles, Gabrielle et Louise. Elle recevait beaucoup décrivains : Soulié, Dumas, Sainte-Beuve, Hugo, Paul Foucher, Fontaney et surtout Alfred de Vigny avec lequel elle entretint une longue liaison. Celui-ci habitait 6, rue des Ecuries dArtois (rue dArtois actuelle) et venait chaque jour chez Marie Dorval. Il réussit avec laide de Dumas à la faire engager à la Comédie Française. Elle y créa Chatterton le 12 février 1835; elle y jouait le rôle de Kitty Bell, avec un grand succès. La pièce avait été acceptée grâce a lappui du roi Louis- Philippe. Marie Dorval, qui était née à Lorient en 1798, mourut à Paris en 1849, Vigny lui survé- cut jusquen 1863.
One of the series of signs describing historical places in Paris. The signs were placed starting in 1992 and are also called sucettes Starck (Starck’s Lollipops) after Philippe Starck who designed them.
On the sign is the name of the house where the French actress Marie Dorval lived (1798-1849)
The place was photographed that day (the original building does not exist and in its place is the current building) Click for a larger image
Translation of the text on the sign:
[An illustration of a ship, symbolizing the symbol of Paris]
History of Paris
House of Marie Dorval On this site stood a house where Marie Dorval lived from 1833. Marie Dorval previously ran a salon on rue Meslay. She was married to a journalist, Monsieur Merle, and had two daughters, Gabrielle and Louise. She received many writers: Soulié, Dumas, Sainte-Beuve, Hugo, Paul Foucher, Fontaney and especially Alfred de Vigny with whom she maintained a long relationship. He lived at 6, rue des Ecuries dArtois (present-day rue dArtois) and came to Marie Dorvals house every day. With the help of Dumas, he succeeded in getting her hired at the Comédie Française. She created Chatterton there on February 12, 1835; she played the role of Kitty Bell, with great success. The piece was accepted thanks to the support of King Louis-Philippe. Marie Dorval, who was born in LOrient in 1798, died in Paris in 1849; Vigny survived her until 1863.